FINAL REPORT
EXAMINATION: CHEST (PORTABLE AP)

INDICATION: History: ___M with intubation

TECHNIQUE: Supine AP view of the chest

COMPARISON: ___ at 10:23

FINDINGS:

No pneumothorax is visualized on this supine exam. Bibasilar atelectasis is demonstrated. Left-sided pacer device is noted with leads terminating in the right atrium and right ventricle. Hazy opacity within the right hemithorax is compatible with a layering right pleural effusion. Moderate enlargement of cardiac silhouette persists. Mediastinal contour is unchanged with atherosclerotic calcifications noted at the aortic knob. There is mild pulmonary vascular congestion. Endotracheal tube tip terminates 4.7 cm from the carina. An enteric tube tip is within the stomach.

IMPRESSION:

Layering right pleural effusion. Standard positions of the endotracheal and enteric tubes.
